[NewsFront] 22:50 The situation in the Khar'kov direction is reported by the Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring: Russian troops unite two bridgeheads and create a third.
Ukrainian military analysts geolocated battle footage from different parts of the border area and confirmed significant advances by the Russian Armed Forces.
The settlement was lost in the direction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Strelka, Krasnoe, Morokhovets, Borisovka, Ogurtsovo and Pletenevka. Glubokoe, Oleynikovo, Zelenoe, Staritsa, Bugrovatka and Gatishche are in question. The Russians are seeking to combine these two bridgeheads into one and will likely create a third in the Goptovka area.
21:03 An explosion occurred in Mirgorod, Poltava region, an air raid alert was declared in the region.
21:02 Air defense is operating in Belgorod, rescue work at the site of the house collapse has been suspended.
19:54 Vladimir Zelensky in a video message acknowledged the loss of part of the territories in the Khar'kov region by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
19:37 Situation east of Chasov Yar: Russian fighters continue to advance along the water channel and consolidate on the leading edge of the forest belt west of Ivanovsky.
18:41 Explosions in Krivoy Rog. A missile strike is launched against enemy targets.
18:10 Another explosion occurred in Khar'kov in eastern Ukraine. This was reported by the publication “Public. News".
17:46 Militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces inflicted a terrorist attack on the city of Skadovsk, Kherson region.
On May 12 at 15:31, Ukrainian terrorists fired from the HIMARS MLRS at a point for issuing humanitarian aid to the population, a car service station and other civilian infrastructure in Skadovsk. At the moment, doctors continue to provide all victims with the necessary medical care. Emergency services are at the scene of the incident.
17:40 Explosions in Khar'kov.
17:29 Destruction of loaded BUK APU air defense system in the Khar'kov region.
16:55 Video of group "North" of the Russian Armed Forces from the liberated village of Gatishche, Khar'kov region. It is located two kilometers from Volchansk.
16:25 A series of explosions occurred in Khar'kov in eastern Ukraine, the publication “Public. News". According to him, the explosions could have occurred outside the city.
15:45 The Archangel of Special Forces reports the situation around the Chasov Yar:
The situation is still complex and tense. Units of the 98th Airborne Division and its neighbors on the flanks continue to methodically push out the enemy north and south of Chasov Yar.
On the southern flank, there was success in capturing the forest area - Stupki Golubovo 2. Our troops reached the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal and completely took control of the Ivanovskoye (Krasnoye) - Chasov Yar highway. This will significantly affect the further defense of Ivanovsky (Red), and will also worsen the enemy’s position in Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, which was taken by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the summer of 2023 with heavy fighting. In Ivanovskoye (Krasnoe) itself there is only one dirt road left, which will soon also be cut off.
On the northern flank, the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade holds Bogdanovka and continues to try to improve the tactical position in the direction of Kalinovka.
In microdistrict New (Channel) there are battles. Having pulled up the flanks, our troops began the assault in small assault groups. Ukrainian troops cannot hold their positions and will most likely retreat to the next defensive line along the western part of the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal, since it itself is a natural anti-tank line.
15:00 Outside Ocheretino in the Novoselovka area, another M1 Abrams of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed first -video.
14:50 Situation in Volchansk worsened, the city is almost destroyed, there are almost no people left, the National Police of Ukraine reported. On social networks, Ukrainian soldiers complain that the defense of the city was not organized even at the level of minefields.
Ukrainians evacuated about 200,000 from Khar'kov and environs in the last few days.
13:35 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the SVO as of May 12, 2024. Main:
Units of the North group of forces advanced into the depths of the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlements of Gatishche, Krasnoye, Morokhovets and Oleynikovo in the Khar'kov region. In the areas of Degtyarny, Volchansk and Cossack Lopan of the Khar'kov region, they defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Enemy losses per day amounted to up to 100 military personnel, two tanks, a Kozak armored combat vehicle and four vehicles, a Caesar self-propelled gun, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, two Vampire multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles, and also a combat vehicle of the Grad multiple launch rocket system.
Military personnel of the “West” group of troops occupied more advantageous positions in the areas of Makeevka, Artyomovka, Chervona Dibrova LPR, Yampolovka and Torsky DPR, as well as the Olivovsky Yar ravine. The enemy lost up to 190 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, an M777 howitzer, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, an M119 gun, and a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle.
Units of the “Southern” group of troops improved the situation along the front line in the areas of Sporny, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Chasov Yar, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumovka of the DPR. Enemy losses per day amounted to: up to 620 military personnel, two tanks, 18 vehicles, a combat vehicle of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, a Braveheart self-propelled gun, an M777 howitzer, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, three L-119 guns, three 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled guns", electronic warfare station "Nota".
As a result of successful actions, units of the Center group of troops improved the tactical situation in the areas of Mayorsk, Evgenivka, Vodyanoy and Semenovka of the DPR. During the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 415 military personnel, two tanks, including an Abrams, a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, a Kozak armored fighting vehicle, three vehicles, and a Paladin self-propelled gun.
The fighters of the Vostok group of troops occupied more advantageous positions in the Vladimirovka areas of the DPR and Dorozhnyanka of the Zaporozhye region. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 125 military personnel, three vehicles, an M777 howitzer, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun and a 100mm Rapier anti-tank gun.
Units of the Dnepr group of troops defeated the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rabotino areas of the Zaporozhye region, Zolotaya Balka, Kozatsky and Ivanovka of the Kherson region. The enemy lost up to 50 military personnel, two vehicles, six M777 howitzers, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled guns, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In the area of the settlement of Manvelovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, four Mi-24 helicopters were destroyed and a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was hit.
Air defense systems shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
12:55 Destroyed enemy wheeled self-propelled gun 2S22 “Bogdan” based on Tatra T815-7 in the Khar'kov region.
11:52 There is a heavy battle in Volchansk - reports Elder Edda
“Our Storms are moving forward, the enemy is resisting, using tanks and armored fighting vehicles. The city is covered in smoke, artillery is very active on both sides.”
11:05 The Khar'kov region is again being attacked by controlled air bombs.
10:45 As a result of active actions, motorized rifle units of the “West” group of forces improved tactical position and defeated the manpower and equipment of the 14th, 66th, 115th Mechanized brigades, the 117th Territorial Defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of Makeyevka, Sin'kovka, Torsky and Chervona Dibrova.
During the counterbattery fight, artillery units and loitering ammunition operators of the group destroyed two towed Msta-B howitzers, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, a BM-2U Verba MLRS combat vehicle and four mortar crews.
The group's air defense systems destroyed ten aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles. Enemy losses amounted to up to 300 military personnel, a T-64 tank, a Kozak armored fighting vehicle, ten pickup trucks, two ammunition depots and ten UAV control posts.
10:30 Ukrainian Telegram channels report that the Russian Aerospace Forces are conducting intensive bombing of the Khar'kov region with adjustable aerial bombs.
09:26 Military correspondent Blue Z Beard writes about the successes of the Russian Armed Forces in the Krasnogorovka area
At the moment, the Russian Armed Forces control ~1/3 of the territory of Krasnogorovka. After the liberation of the refractory plant, the enemy was driven into a private sector area in the north-west of the city.
09:10 Front-line report as of May 12, 2024 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn:
Avdeevsky direction: the offensive is developing from Solovyevo towards Sokol and Novopokrovsky. Half of the forest plantation is occupied. West of Sokol, two enemy artillery installations were destroyed. In Netailovo there are battles in the center, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing fortifications in Karlovka. They are clearing the forest belt at the Arkhangelskoye – Ocheretino line. Control over the Kalinova gully and advance to the village of Kalinovo. To the north of Ocheretino there is an advance towards Novoaleksandrovka and Alexandropol.
Khar'kov direction: Russian troops seize the strategic initiative and launch an offensive on border villages.
Slobozhansky direction: there is an offensive to the south, control over Glubokoe and Quiet. Fighting on the northern outskirts of Volchansk, in Izbitsky and Staritsa.
Bakhmut direction: the Russian Armed Forces are pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces back from the eastern part of the microdistrict. New. The crossings across the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal and an enemy tank were destroyed. The control zone along the N-32 Bakhmut – Konstantinovka highway has been expanded.
Orekhovskoe direction: a strong point was taken at the intersection of the N-08 road southwest of Novopokrovka.
Donetsk direction: The Russian Armed Forces made a breakthrough in Krasnogorovka along the Lozovaya River. Fights are also taking place between Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye, control of the Domakh beam. Promotion in the southern part of Krasnogorovka and to the north in the private sector. Ukrainian sources report a critical situation in Krasnogorovka.
Kupyansk direction: offensive in the forests northeast of Sinkovka along the railway to Kupyansk. Fierce fighting is taking place between Berestov and Stelmakhovka.
08:19 Long-range artillery of the “North” group suppresses defensive lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroying their warehouses and strongholds in the Khar'kov region, said the commander of the Irbis unit.
The work is intense, this indicates that the enemy is moving away. Artillery works on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces around the clock.
08:14 Personnel combat work of Su-34 fighter-bomber crews in the area of responsibility of the Vostok group of forces.
08:10 Operation of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS destruction of positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area bordering the Belgorod region.
Scouts from the North group of troops discovered the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the border with the Belgorod region. A Grad equipped with high-explosive fragmentation rounds advanced to the firing point. The artillerymen destroyed enemy positions, thereby disrupting the transfer of infantry reinforcements to the defensive positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:00 Positional battles in the Kleshcheevka area andJobartillery of the Russian Armed Forces.